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Charlene Ululani Akana AcopanJuly 20, 2007
Charlene Ululani "Charlie" Akana Acopan, 55, of Papakolea, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Lawrence; daughter Clarice "Kawohi" Tuasivi; brothers Stephen and Thomas Akana and Glenn Kapahu; sister Patricia Kapea; and a grandchild. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Call after noon. Cremation to follow. Inurnment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, at a later date. Aloha attire. Additional information for an obituary published Thursday.

Virgil Kuanonoehu ApuakehuaJuly 8, 2007
Virgil Kuanonoehu "Kuka" Apuakehua, 74, of Haleiwa, a retired laborer, died in Kailua. He was born in Laie. He is survived by hanai son Mason K., daughter Linda L. Stull, brothers Oliver Jr. and Joe, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. next Saturday at Hukilau Beach, Laie. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes to follow. Casual attire.

James Andrew DorseyJuly 24, 2007
James Andrew Dorsey, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Marine Corps officer and Northrop Corp. employee, died at home. He was born in Philadelphia. He is survived by sons James and Michael; daughters Camilla Aluli, Patricia Wilson, Susan Whiteman and Reeny Seavey; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Call after 3 p.m. Private graveside services. Casual attire.

Rosemarie June FaustinJuly 9, 2007
Rosemarie June Faustin, 78, of Kapolei, a homemaker, died in Kapolei. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Richard W. Sr.; son Richard W. Jr.; daughters Sandra L. Nii and Diana M. Faustin; brothers Joseph, Robert, James and Elroy Rawlins; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services and celebration of life: 6 p.m. next Saturday at Oahu Cemetery, 2162 Nuuanu Ave. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Nobue HanadaJuly 18, 2007
Nobue Hanada, 94, of Wailuku, a Hanada Service Station bookkeeper, died. She was born in Puunene, Maui. She is survived by daughters Audrey Endo, Lena Kaneyama and Mona Morinaga; sister Miriam H. Higashi; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Private services.

Amei HashitateJuly 19, 2007
Amei Hashitate, 74, of Honolulu died in Tripler Army Medical Center. She was born in Pun, China. She is survived by son Alan, daughter Ann Au, brother Aka Taki and two grandchildren. Private services.

Solomon Thomas Kaui KupahuJuly 11, 2007
Solomon Thomas Kaui Kupahu, 66, of Kalihi, a robotics head operator for a glass manufacturing and robotics company, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Samuel K., sisters Christine "Ho'ohila" Ching and Leina'ala "Betty" Kupahu, and hanai brother Rodney "Eh Haw'n" Hu. Services at a later date. Donations suggested to St. Francis Hospice.

Orland Scott LefforgeJuly 4, 2007
Orland Scott Lefforge, 91, of Honolulu, a University of Hawaii professor, died in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in Pettisville, Ohio. He is survived by companion Thelma Young, son Daniel, daughters Andrea Harper and Mia Blake, brother Marian, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. next Saturday at the courtyard of George Hall, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Casual attire.

Sukeo B. MiyashiroJuly 17, 2007
Sukeo B. Miyashiro, 80, of Ewa Beach, a farmer, fisherman and Army mechanic, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Wahiawa, Kauai. He is survived by sisters Myra S. Wakokawa, Margaret A. Chong and Amy E. Makishi. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire.

Margaret N. MizubayashiJuly 15, 2007
Margaret N. Mizubayashi, 79, of Kahului, a Shirokiya China Department supervisor, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Glenn, daughter Lynette Horiuchi, brothers Kazuo and Richard Mukogawa, sister Alice Yoshimi and a grandchild. Private services.

Ernest M. Monroe Jr.July 23, 2007
Ernest M. Monroe Jr., 85, of Honolulu, a retired Army colonel who served in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, died in Tripler Army Medical Center. He was born in Wakefield, Mass. He is survived by wife Edna M., sons Terrence L. and Trey, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Committal services: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Shinahei OkayamaJuly 12, 2007
Shinahei Okayama, 98, of Honolulu, a retired construction carpenter, died in Honolulu. He was born in Japan. He is survived by daughters Amy Tamayo and June Youn, 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Private services.

Beatrice Sadako OmineJune 19, 2007
Beatrice Sadako Omine, 88, of Pearl City died in Pearl City Nursing Home. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by son Robert, sister Midori Sato, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.

Timothy Patrick SweeneyJuly 9, 2007
Timothy Patrick Sweeney, 51, of Honolulu died in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Indiana. He is survived by wife Arleen, daughter Joan Lauw, father Timothy and mother Philomena Cicero. Private services.

Lawrence Haruyoshi TakemotoJuly 15, 2007
Lawrence Haruyoshi Takemoto, 84, of Waialua, a retired Naval Air Station civil service employee at Barbers Point, died in Wahiawa General Hospital. He also was an Army veteran and member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, Company G. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Shirleyanne P.; son Gary; daughter Kathleen Price; hanai daughter Melina Perez; brothers Chester, Walter and Richard; sister Lillian Weinberg; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Schofield Post Cemetery. Casual attire.

See Yolk TomJuly 8, 2007
See Yolk Tom, 82, of Honolulu died in Oahu Care Facility. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Chong Mui, sons Johnston and Jack, daughters Angela Chun and Carol Young, and eight grandchildren. Private services.